Osf Saint Katharine Medical Center
403 E 1st St, Dixon, IL 61021 · (815) 288-5531
Osf Saint Katharine Medical Center is a non-profit general hospital in Dixon, Illinois (Lee County), with 80 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 2 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 3 of 5 stars, and 61% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. Medicare patients had 391 stays here in 2024, most often for heart failure, sepsis and lung infection. It lists $3.64 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Illinois hospital ($4.83).
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Quality and patient experience
What patients say
★★★★★3 of 5 · 392 surveys
Rated by patients
- Nurses communicated well★★★★★
- Doctors communicated well★★★★★
- Staff explained medicines★★★★★
- Information for going home★★★★★
- Room was clean★★★★★
- Quiet at night★★★★★
Emergency room and urgent care
ER volume: low.
US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.
Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.
The money
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.
Hospital stays
Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.
Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 65 | $36,101 | $10,185 | |
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 58 | $58,906 | $15,355 | |
| Psychoses 885 | 36 | $25,365 | $11,218 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 35 | $55,527 | $14,063 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 35 | $41,656 | $10,489 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 29 | $31,290 | $8,342 | |
| Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309 | 17 | $27,388 | $6,835 | |
| Heart attack, with major complications 280 | 16 | $53,179 | $11,182 | |
| Lung infection, with complications 178 | 15 | $31,173 | $8,157 | |
| Respiratory failure 189 | 15 | $40,451 | $10,402 | |
| Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641 | 15 | $24,163 | $6,641 | |
| Kidney failure, with complications 683 | 15 | $24,404 | $7,560 | |
| Urinary tract infection 690 | 15 | $27,946 | $6,928 | |
| Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481 | 13 | $98,474 | $16,389 | |
| Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378 | 12 | $28,327 | $7,650 |